magnolia

For those of you not from the South, this might not look familiar. It's a bloom from the Magnolia tree in my side yard.


It's a small tree, maybe 11 or 12 feet high, and it's only been developing a lot of blooms the past few years. The blooms only last a few days but they're very pretty while they last and the scent is wonderful. It looks like there'll be over a hundred blooms this year so I hope to be able to get a picture with dozens of blooms at once in the next few weeks.

Comments

kenju said…
They are gorgeous trees, but wait until the seed pods begin to fall...LOL
2:00 AM
Lois Lane said…
One of my favorites! Great photo. I'm looking forward to more.
Happy Memorial day!
Lois Lane
9:56 AM
OldLady Of The Hills said…
Beautiful Beaytiful Utenzi...I love Magnolias and the blossums are so incredibly fragrant...I can't wait to see ALL the blossums blooming at one time...Gorgeous, I'm sure!
3:28 AM
Spock said…
MMMMM looks tasty! Stop by mine bloogie when you get a chance puhlease....you AM one of the"select Humans"!!
7:44 AM
Anonymous said…
THIS is exactly why I always smile when your blog shows as Updated on my blogroll list, Utenzi. That is just gorgeous. Where else would I see photos like that?
11:49 AM
Tracie Nall said…
This is a beautiful picture! It makes me want to go visit a garden and just wander for hours.

Here via Michele (and I saw that you came by my blog-I am going to try to figure out how to make my font bigger-I had never noticed that it was that small before, but it kind of is!)
4:20 PM
carmilevy said…
You always manage to capture the loveliest pictures. Then you wrap word-images around them. Such a comforting read...I almost feel as if I'm there.
1:06 PM
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